Nocturnal Lives

Where you'll discover how the mind of one warped writer works.

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On this Veterans Day

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Release Day +1

Hey, everyone, I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone who stuck with me through the rollercoaster ride that the weekend and first part of the week has been. Warbound Legacy did publish on time—whew!—and for most of the world, it acutally did so with the right version of the book—bigger whew! I’ll admit, I worried about it. I even considered unpublishing the book and republishing…

Release Day +1

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Oops, I made a really big mistake

Normally, I’d use today to announce tomorrow’s release of Warbound Legacy. I’d be shouting it from the rooftops because I really, really like this book. But over the weekend, I realized I’d done something really stupid. I still don’t know how I did it. But I pulled one of the biggest mistakes of my professional writing careers. For that I owe each of you who pre-ordered the book a big…

Oops, I made a really big mistake

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Question for Everyone

This is a repost from my Substack. The reason for this is because it is getting too difficult for me to keep up with the blog here, the Substack (which, for full disclosure, I have monetized although most of my posts are available for free), my real life commitments, and actually writing. Anyway, here’s the post: Just a quick post. The snippet will be up later today—promise. But for now, there…

Question for Everyone

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Warbound Legacy Update

There are times when real life decides you need to take a step back and deal with what’s important: family. That’s what happened almost two weeks ago and I’m still dealing with the consequences. For a bit, things looked a bit grim, but everything is settling back to normal. Well, as normal as my life ever gets, especially when my ulcer is trying to claw its way out of my abdomen. Anyway, this is…

Warbound Legacy Update

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The Trouble With Cutting Corners

Unless you’ve been living in a dark cave or under a rock recently, you’ve seen the latest round of complaints because Amazon is once again terminating author accounts. I’m not making light of how serious this is for an author. Waking to find an email from them saying your account has been suspended or terminated is enough to send someone into a tailspin. But here’s the thing: if you haven’t…

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AI or not to AI

If you subscribe to my Substack, you should have received notification already about a post I did this morning talking about the Google app, NotebookLM. It’s an interesting program with a lot of potential, not just for research but for digging out information from previously written books in a series. Yes, there are issues with it, foremost the need to be ready to try multiple ways of writing a…

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Amid the rain a preorder is born

I’m a day late announcing this here. I blame it on the rain. Not only is the ground a mire, but my brain is soggy. Oh, and it’s raining again this morning. I know we’ll want the rain in a month or so, but right now I’d give just about anything to see the sun. Anyway, Warbound Legacy is now available for preorder. Release date is July 16th. Here’s some of what I said yesterday on Substack when I…

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Post is delayed due to rain

The North Texas area has felt Mother Nature’s wrath the last few days. Until last night, we managed to escape with just rain. That changed last night and this morning. We’ve had major rainfall, hail–here at the house we had some that was almost the size of golf balls–and wind, really high winds. According to the news, there are more than 500k customers without power. My front yard looks like a…

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Memorial Day

Yesterday, FB showed me a “memory” from 10 years ago. It was a post I’d made about Memorial Day and how, a decade before that, I tried explaining to my then young son about the meaning of the day and its importance to our family. That explanation didn’t take place on Memorial Day itself but during a visit to Washington D.C. So today, as I sit here drinking my first cup of coffee of the day, I’m…

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Update to yesterday's post

This will be the short version. For the longer version of how I got here, check out this morning’s Substack post. Basically, I spent much of yesterday after posting here trying to figure out the best way to list Warbound Legacy on Amazon so that readers would know it is part of the Honor & Duty universe but that it isn’t part of the main plot arc that ran for the 8 or so books of the main…

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When you begin the day pounding your head against the desk

That thumping sound you hear is me. Yes, I’m pounding my head against my desk. I think I might have made a dent in the surface already. Yes, it’s going to be one of those days. I know there are ways around the problem but it shouldn’t be a problem in the first place. It wouldn’t be that difficult to add a line or two of code and everything would be okay. Sigh. Grrrrr. Guess I ought to start at…

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TuggerCat update and more

Thanks to everyone here and elsewhere who crossed fingers and toes that TuggerCat was all right. I’ll admit, the little bugger had me more than a bit worried night before last and much of yesterday. Note the past tense because the only thing I’m worried about where he’s concerned right now is that I don’t kill him because he is back to being constantly under foot–and that is a relief. Seriously,…

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A Cat Tale (Tail?)

I’m slow getting started this morning and it’s all because of a cat. I love cats. Always have. There’s something about those murder floofs that calls to me. I blame my parents. I grew up in a home where we always had dogs and cats. Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m the one who first started the family with cats. I was maybe two or three when I “adopted” an alley cat that hung out near my babysitter’s. She…

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To AI or not to AI

Before anyone blows a gasket, let me remind you that I have been and always will be a supporter of artists. That’s especially true because I grew up with one–unfortunately, I can’t draw my way out of a paper bag. With one or two exceptions, every one of my book covers have been licensed images created by artists who are considered professionals. I will always do my best to support them and their…

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May Update

I’ve been lax about keeping this blog up-to-date and I apologize. Part of it has been because my butt has been in chair and writing has been happening. Part has been because I’ve put some focus on getting the Substack up and running. Part has been real life commitments, some planned and others dropping in without warning. Because of that, I’m going to do a cut-and-paste from the Substack and then…

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The grift isn't really new

This morning, my FB feed kept showing me a link to an article about the “latest controversy” surrounding indie publishing on Amazon. I don’t usually follow such links but this morning was different. First, it wasn’t an ad. Never, ever click on FB ads unless you want your feed filled with similar ads. Second, I knew some of the folks who were sharing the link. So I decided to see what the uproar…

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